SPECIAL MENTION AWARDSCOURAGE IN FILMMAKING: Laura Poitras. For bringing the Edward Snowden NSA revelations to light and driven into exile in Germany for doing so. And currently making a documentary about it.

ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: For a film that most passionately opposes violence against womenAugustineLovelaceWadjda

JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: For best expressing the woman of color experience in America12 Years A SlaveGo for Sisters

KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For best exemplifying a woman's place in history or society, and a courageous search for identityAugustineWadjdaWinnie Mandela

COURAGE IN ACTING: [Taking on unconventional roles that radically redefine the images of women on screen]Soko: Augustine

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD: [Performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored]Sandra Bullock: Gravity

BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMENFree Angela Davis And All Political PrisonersGirls in the BandStories We TellSweet Dreams

MOMMIE DEAREST WORST SCREEN MOM OF THE YEAR AWARDKristen Thomas: Only God Forgives